Description: This dark-skinned male wears a pastel vest and prefers black and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is auburn and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a Mortician first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He worked as a nervous Mortician and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a brown vest and prefers white and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. After coming to the age of reason, Lucan took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears a tan shirt with thin white vertical stripes and brown pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a Detective first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 60 gp. Jade (70 gp).